GCSE Natural Hazards

3. Long ____ responses are delayed large scale assistance to rebuild and reconstruct so as to return people's lives back to normal.
5. Giant Wave created by tectonic activity underwater such as an Earthquake, volcanic eruption or landslide
6. Identifying actions people can take in advance of a natural hazard to reduce their risk
8. Using past evidence and data to predict when and where a natural hazard may occur
10. People get this from designing structures to withstand the effects of natural hazards
12. When a river discharges / contains more water than its capacity and water spills over the top of the river onto the floodplain
14. Name of a tropical storm typically in Eastern Asia
15. Type of tectonic boundary between two tectonic plates sliding in opposite directions or in the same direction at different speeds
18. The rapid and sudden movement a large volume of snow downhill

1. This is the rapid and sudden movement of soil that has become waterlogged down a slope or rock/cliff race
2. _______ Effect is damage directly from the natural hazards including damage to a building, closure of transport networks, deaths and injuries
4. Using scientific equipment to detect advanced warning signs of natural hazards
7. Blocks of rock that slide down a cliff or rock face
9. Type of tectonic boundary between two tectonic plates moving apart from one another
11. Type of tectonic boundary between two tectonic plates moving towards one another
13. _______ Effect is additional damage, deaths or injuries as a result of a primary effect having a knock-on affect such as Tsunami, fires, landslides and disease
14. The earth's crust is split into ______ plates which move independently of one another
16. The type of response which is quick local actions taken to search and rescue survivors by providing medicine, food, water and emergency shelter
17. The plate _____ is the edge of tectonic plates which adjoin one another